Catherine Schaff-Stump

The Crone: Queen of Space Well, here we are. Welcome to the new home of The Crone. Substack recently went a little too Nazi for my ethics. They literally promoted Nazis. I had to go....

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Much appreciated. I will start looking for alternatives.

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Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man WASHINGTON—During a visit with President Donald Trump at the White House, El Salvador’s president Nayib Bukele claimed Monday that he “lacks the humanity” to return wrongly deported legal U.S. resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia back to America. “How can I return an innocent man to the United States when I don’t have the ability to feel […]

Salvadoran President Claims He Lacks Humanity To Return Wrongly Deported Man
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This.

Corey Booker, a moment ago, after 22+ hours on his feet, compellingly : ‘Who are we, if you don’t think this is a moral moment where the character of our country is being tested?’

Cory Booker is about to hit 23 hours on the Senate floor. I'm guessing--and hoping--he's got his eye on Strom Thurmond 's record of 24 hours and 18 minutes on the Civil Rights Act. I found the apology for the party's inaction to be quite moving, and he's drawing attention to issues across the board

"I don't want a Disney vacation of our history! I don't a whitewashed history, I don't want a homogenized history. Tell me the wretched truth about America, because that speaks to our greatness" -- 20 hours into his speech, Cory Booker is spitting absolute 🔥

Oh no.

Particularly as I start my last full time semester of teaching…

Turns out explants of loop recorders hurt as much as implants. Dang it!

Shoutout to @kateheartfield.com for an amazing newsletter about her favorite Dante autobiography!

Hilarious.

Relevant to previous post.

Yeah. What they so.

Well, here’s some more work I have to purge from my library. Is it really that hard to be a decent human being?

I haven’t had much practice either. Count me in.

Yeah. I hope it is the usual outrageous smoke screen for other policies that are more likely to happen.

I am sorry we live in the unlikeliest of times.

Unconditional Basic Income would solve a lot of societal problems (and actually save us money).

I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and there is a severe shortage of resources and...

"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."

Oh my god. What's wrong with those men? I am very pleased my wife earns more than me, because that's how we get nice things! If she earned less, we would probably be homeless.

Don’t know if the other Gen-Xers have been following this saga to its completion but yes, brontosaurus is a dinosaur again. There was a mixup with apatosaurus and that’s why we thought no brontosaurus but turns out that yes there really were thunder lizards after all!

I officially apologize for my foolish country persons. Of course, I think YOU should invade US. 😁

Congratulations!

Hear me out: letters. Because no AI in letters.

So…this is where I live now.

Who needs truth, Meta? Not this country!